Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Change Industry Mar. Jan. Feb. Mar. Mar. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. from: 2008 2009 2009p 2009p 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009p 2009p Feb. 2009- Mar. 2009p Total nonfarm......... 136,944 132,302 132,130 132,072 137,814 135,755 135,074 134,333 133,682 133,019 -663 Total private........... 114,104 109,855 109,286 109,147 115,373 113,212 112,542 111,793 111,139 110,481 -658 Goods-producing............. 21,347 19,580 19,250 19,059 21,800 20,814 20,532 20,127 19,842 19,537 -305 Mining and logging.............. 741 766 754 736 756 793 789 781 772 754 -18 Logging...................... 55.0 54.5 54.3 49.0 57.8 56.6 55.7 55.2 54.7 51.7 -3.0 Mining......................... 685.9 711.4 699.5 686.6 697.7 736.8 733.3 725.3 717.3 702.2 -15.1 Oil and gas extraction........ 155.1 168.3 166.6 165.7 156.2 167.4 169.4 167.7 167.9 167.6 -.3 Mining, except oil and gas(1). 215.1 216.4 212.9 215.1 223.6 230.7 229.2 227.9 226.1 224.8 -1.3 Coal mining.................. 77.6 84.5 83.8 84.1 77.9 84.3 84.5 84.9 84.6 84.6 .0 Support activities for mining. 315.7 326.7 320.0 305.8 317.9 338.7 334.7 329.7 323.3 309.8 -13.5 Construction.................... 7,047 6,295 6,152 6,113 7,401 6,939 6,841 6,706 6,599 6,473 -126 Construction of buildings..... 1,650.7 1,475.9 1,439.1 1,412.2 1,712.6 1,588.4 1,572.9 1,536.9 1,509.7 1,476.3 -33.4 Residential building......... 832.9 718.8 698.7 685.5 868.2 781.7 769.4 755.2 740.6 722.6 -18.0 Nonresidential building...... 817.8 757.1 740.4 726.7 844.4 806.7 803.5 781.7 769.1 753.7 -15.4 Heavy and civil engineering construction................. 909.3 822.8 816.2 827.2 993.6 942.5 933.2 926.6 920.5 910.1 -10.4 Specialty trade contractors... 4,486.9 3,996.7 3,896.4 3,873.1 4,694.5 4,408.5 4,335.2 4,242.2 4,168.8 4,086.2 -82.6 Residential specialty trade contractors................. 1,995.3 1,725.2 1,683.1 1,671.2 2,096.9 1,921.6 1,883.6 1,838.3 1,800.2 1,759.5 -40.7 Nonresidential specialty trade contractors........... 2,491.6 2,271.5 2,213.3 2,201.9 2,597.6 2,486.9 2,451.6 2,403.9 2,368.6 2,326.7 -41.9 Manufacturing................... 13,559 12,519 12,344 12,210 13,643 13,082 12,902 12,640 12,471 12,310 -161 Production workers........... 9,782 8,849 8,701 8,571 9,853 9,322 9,174 8,946 8,800 8,654 -146 Durable goods.................. 8,599 7,812 7,686 7,583 8,637 8,216 8,085 7,881 7,753 7,628 -125 Production workers........... 6,114 5,407 5,301 5,198 6,146 5,741 5,633 5,458 5,348 5,233 -115 Wood products................. 470.6 393.4 373.5 379.5 479.8 429.8 416.2 403.9 389.4 389.2 -.2 Nonmetallic mineral products.. 467.8 416.2 406.6 402.7 479.4 450.1 441.2 434.3 424.5 415.2 -9.3 Primary metals................ 450.7 410.2 393.7 386.2 450.9 429.8 419.6 409.3 395.5 387.0 -8.5 Fabricated metal products..... 1,550.7 1,419.5 1,391.0 1,364.2 1,557.5 1,486.3 1,461.5 1,425.3 1,398.5 1,370.8 -27.7 Machinery..................... 1,192.8 1,123.8 1,097.1 1,071.3 1,193.8 1,162.7 1,150.2 1,126.0 1,100.6 1,073.6 -27.0 Computer and electronic products(1).................. 1,253.5 1,211.8 1,193.7 1,188.0 1,257.9 1,233.3 1,223.7 1,212.9 1,198.6 1,193.3 -5.3 Computer and peripheral equipment................... 183.3 179.9 174.9 174.3 183.8 181.8 180.0 180.3 176.6 175.1 -1.5 Communications equipment..... 127.7 130.8 130.0 129.7 128.3 129.5 129.1 129.6 129.4 130.0 .6 Semiconductors and electronic components.................. 437.3 409.3 401.2 398.1 439.2 423.2 417.4 410.5 403.8 400.6 -3.2 Electronic instruments....... 442.7 433.3 430.5 429.6 443.6 438.8 437.5 433.8 431.6 430.8 -.8 Electrical equipment and appliances................... 425.7 406.4 398.9 389.4 427.4 417.5 412.0 406.1 400.3 391.3 -9.0 Transportation equipment(1)... 1,655.5 1,398.9 1,419.3 1,399.4 1,653.8 1,532.5 1,501.8 1,423.5 1,424.2 1,398.3 -25.9 Motor vehicles and parts(2).. 922.1 688.3 716.5 704.1 918.3 809.6 781.5 711.2 718.1 700.6 -17.5 Furniture and related products 498.9 424.0 412.0 404.3 501.4 449.6 440.6 428.6 416.6 406.4 -10.2 Miscellaneous manufacturing... 633.0 607.3 600.2 598.1 635.2 624.2 618.4 611.0 604.5 602.4 -2.1 Nondurable goods............... 4,960 4,707 4,658 4,627 5,006 4,866 4,817 4,759 4,718 4,682 -36 Production workers........... 3,668 3,442 3,400 3,373 3,707 3,581 3,541 3,488 3,452 3,421 -31 Food manufacturing............ 1,458.6 1,447.5 1,438.6 1,435.7 1,485.7 1,489.0 1,477.6 1,470.7 1,467.0 1,464.2 -2.8 Beverages and tobacco products 193.0 189.3 185.4 186.7 198.9 196.4 195.8 194.2 191.5 192.8 1.3 Textile mills................. 158.7 133.7 129.0 127.5 158.5 140.6 136.8 133.6 130.2 128.2 -2.0 Textile product mills......... 151.4 137.5 133.3 128.7 151.0 143.5 141.2 137.4 134.3 129.4 -4.9 Apparel....................... 202.9 173.3 174.4 173.0 203.8 187.1 183.5 178.9 177.2 174.8 -2.4 Leather and allied products... 33.3 32.4 31.3 31.4 33.2 32.6 32.6 32.4 31.8 31.6 -.2 Paper and paper products...... 447.4 426.4 418.6 414.8 449.9 437.1 433.4 427.3 422.0 418.6 -3.4 Printing and related support activities................... 605.9 555.6 546.1 540.1 607.4 574.1 567.0 558.1 550.0 542.1 -7.9 Petroleum and coal products... 113.5 109.9 110.5 111.3 116.3 117.2 116.9 114.2 114.6 114.4 -.2 Chemicals..................... 852.3 828.8 827.0 823.4 854.0 842.6 837.1 832.7 829.7 825.8 -3.9 Plastics and rubber products.. 742.9 672.8 664.1 654.3 747.3 705.9 694.9 679.7 669.5 659.7 -9.8 Service-providing........... 115,597 112,722 112,880 113,013 116,014 114,941 114,542 114,206 113,840 113,482 -358 Private service-providing.. 92,757 90,275 90,036 90,088 93,573 92,398 92,010 91,666 91,297 90,944 -353 Trade, transportation, and utilities...................... 26,330 25,534 25,212 25,199 26,629 26,005 25,843 25,735 25,614 25,502 -112 Wholesale trade................ 5,980.8 5,771.5 5,724.4 5,712.2 6,012.5 5,890.3 5,850.7 5,819.3 5,778.9 5,747.7 -31.2 Durable goods................. 3,086.7 2,944.5 2,906.8 2,888.7 3,099.8 3,004.9 2,978.6 2,959.6 2,928.3 2,901.9 -26.4 Nondurable goods.............. 2,048.1 1,984.9 1,981.1 1,987.6 2,063.0 2,033.6 2,025.1 2,013.9 2,009.2 2,006.0 -3.2 Electronic markets and agents and brokers.................. 846.0 842.1 836.5 835.9 849.7 851.8 847.0 845.8 841.4 839.8 -1.6 Retail trade...................15,278.9 14,878.5 14,649.1 14,669.5 15,506.0 15,126.0 15,037.9 14,991.5 14,940.7 14,892.9 -47.8 Motor vehicle and parts dealers(1)................... 1,874.6 1,694.9 1,689.1 1,683.7 1,890.9 1,770.5 1,745.6 1,730.1 1,716.4 1,700.3 -16.1 Automobile dealers........... 1,219.6 1,070.8 1,066.8 1,059.7 1,227.6 1,121.2 1,099.9 1,088.6 1,078.8 1,066.9 -11.9 Furniture and home furnishings stores....................... 542.3 511.2 493.5 489.7 550.4 522.6 514.2 508.3 500.0 497.7 -2.3 Electronics and appliance stores....................... 549.4 538.5 533.6 521.6 552.9 541.5 538.6 535.5 536.4 526.2 -10.2 Building material and garden supply stores................ 1,241.6 1,161.0 1,156.4 1,168.6 1,264.9 1,235.8 1,227.8 1,214.9 1,206.4 1,193.0 -13.4 Food and beverage stores...... 2,849.1 2,822.7 2,801.7 2,801.7 2,874.7 2,843.5 2,835.1 2,835.3 2,827.1 2,826.7 -.4 Health and personal care stores....................... 1,003.2 986.0 980.1 979.6 1,007.7 989.4 991.2 985.7 986.0 985.1 -.9 Gasoline stations............. 844.4 824.1 820.9 822.0 854.2 836.9 834.4 833.0 832.2 831.3 -.9 Clothing and clothing accessories stores........... 1,445.6 1,440.7 1,388.5 1,385.1 1,498.2 1,462.2 1,448.5 1,445.0 1,443.6 1,437.4 -6.2 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores............. 636.6 634.4 600.3 592.9 653.8 633.1 624.3 620.8 613.8 611.4 -2.4 General merchandise stores(1). 3,022.8 3,033.4 2,964.5 3,028.7 3,060.7 3,024.5 3,029.2 3,040.7 3,043.4 3,057.2 13.8 Department stores............ 1,544.8 1,540.2 1,489.6 1,501.3 1,583.5 1,517.5 1,521.2 1,529.1 1,533.7 1,533.4 -.3 Miscellaneous store retailers. 834.1 805.1 805.4 786.6 854.5 838.3 825.0 819.5 815.7 808.3 -7.4 Nonstore retailers............ 435.2 426.5 415.1 409.3 443.1 427.7 424.0 422.7 419.7 418.3 -1.4 Transportation and warehousing. 4,514.9 4,315.9 4,270.3 4,247.8 4,553.4 4,424.4 4,389.9 4,354.4 4,324.0 4,290.0 -34.0 Air transportation............ 502.5 472.5 471.9 471.6 505.4 481.6 477.8 476.8 475.1 473.0 -2.1 Rail transportation........... 230.1 225.9 223.6 223.6 231.4 229.0 226.8 227.1 225.3 224.9 -.4 Water transportation.......... 62.8 58.0 57.2 56.7 66.0 62.6 60.3 59.7 60.5 59.8 -.7 Truck transportation.......... 1,389.4 1,292.8 1,275.7 1,269.5 1,414.6 1,358.0 1,340.8 1,323.3 1,310.4 1,295.5 -14.9 Transit and ground passenger transportation............... 433.6 418.5 418.9 417.8 420.0 411.7 410.1 408.1 406.6 405.0 -1.6 Pipeline transportation....... 40.5 42.9 42.7 42.3 40.8 43.2 43.3 43.1 43.0 42.8 -.2 Scenic and sightseeing transportation............... 23.1 20.8 20.3 20.8 28.7 27.2 27.2 26.9 26.6 26.4 -.2 Support activities for transportation............... 587.8 564.3 557.0 547.5 591.2 582.2 579.5 569.3 560.4 553.2 -7.2 Couriers and messengers....... 572.7 565.0 558.3 553.4 577.5 565.7 564.6 563.2 563.7 558.6 -5.1 Warehousing and storage....... 672.4 655.2 644.7 644.6 677.8 663.2 659.5 656.9 652.4 650.8 -1.6 Utilities...................... 555.2 568.4 568.0 569.0 557.4 564.0 564.6 569.3 570.0 570.9 .9 Information..................... 3,016 2,895 2,903 2,904 3,023 2,965 2,940 2,924 2,917 2,907 -10 Publishing industries, except Internet..................... 891.8 840.5 832.4 825.5 893.3 863.6 857.8 846.3 834.8 827.2 -7.6 Motion picture and sound recording industries......... 380.8 360.5 380.7 393.5 385.2 385.0 377.2 376.7 389.0 395.0 6.0 Broadcasting, except Internet. 317.9 304.8 299.8 298.5 319.0 313.1 308.1 306.5 302.3 299.7 -2.6 Telecommunications............ 1,027.2 1,001.8 1,001.9 995.6 1,028.0 1,010.2 1,004.0 1,001.6 1,000.3 996.4 -3.9 Data processing, hosting and related services............. 264.7 252.2 253.3 256.7 263.4 257.5 256.4 257.0 255.4 255.2 -.2 Other information services.... 133.9 135.0 134.9 133.8 134.2 135.1 136.5 135.7 134.9 133.7 -1.2 Financial activities............ 8,171 7,901 7,863 7,823 8,204 8,043 8,010 7,954 7,910 7,867 -43 Finance and insurance.......... 6,056.4 5,875.3 5,856.1 5,832.8 6,055.8 5,948.7 5,924.0 5,890.4 5,863.3 5,838.0 -25.3 Monetary authorities - central bank......................... 22.5 20.8 20.8 20.8 22.4 21.5 21.3 21.0 21.0 20.8 -.2 Credit intermediation and related activities(1)........ 2,765.2 2,661.1 2,651.9 2,636.3 2,763.3 2,692.8 2,680.8 2,665.3 2,652.9 2,637.7 -15.2 Depository credit intermediation(1)........... 1,823.3 1,799.2 1,791.0 1,781.2 1,824.9 1,806.9 1,804.9 1,798.1 1,792.7 1,785.2 -7.5 Commercial banking.......... 1,361.3 1,346.7 1,340.2 1,333.4 1,362.0 1,352.7 1,351.8 1,346.6 1,342.4 1,336.0 -6.4 Securities, commodity contracts, investments....... 868.4 823.8 818.6 812.0 867.5 842.1 839.9 826.5 819.7 812.4 -7.3 Insurance carriers and related activities................... 2,310.6 2,279.4 2,276.0 2,275.5 2,313.3 2,300.9 2,292.0 2,287.4 2,281.1 2,279.0 -2.1 Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles........... 89.7 90.2 88.8 88.2 89.3 91.4 90.0 90.2 88.6 88.1 -.5 Real estate and rental and leasing....................... 2,114.6 2,025.3 2,006.6 1,990.2 2,148.5 2,093.8 2,085.8 2,063.2 2,047.0 2,029.1 -17.9 Real estate................... 1,468.7 1,418.8 1,408.8 1,398.6 1,489.4 1,461.7 1,458.2 1,444.9 1,435.1 1,423.4 -11.7 Rental and leasing services... 618.0 578.5 569.8 563.5 630.6 603.8 599.3 589.9 583.6 577.1 -6.5 Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets............ 27.9 28.0 28.0 28.1 28.5 28.3 28.3 28.4 28.3 28.6 .3 Professional and business services....................... 17,733 16,877 16,741 16,678 17,954 17,488 17,356 17,205 17,027 16,894 -133 Professional and technical services(1)................... 7,882.5 7,787.7 7,797.5 7,750.9 7,818.8 7,827.7 7,797.2 7,765.5 7,728.8 7,697.5 -31.3 Legal services............... 1,162.9 1,144.1 1,139.5 1,139.0 1,168.8 1,157.7 1,156.8 1,154.1 1,149.2 1,146.5 -2.7 Accounting and bookkeeping services.................... 1,064.1 1,021.4 1,063.5 1,042.0 948.8 941.0 933.7 927.5 926.3 927.9 1.6 Architectural and engineering services.................... 1,430.5 1,391.3 1,370.7 1,353.9 1,450.9 1,428.6 1,419.4 1,411.1 1,392.5 1,376.2 -16.3 Computer systems design and related services............ 1,426.5 1,459.7 1,459.7 1,454.0 1,432.4 1,467.9 1,466.8 1,462.4 1,463.9 1,460.0 -3.9 Management and technical consulting services......... 988.5 1,011.8 1,009.1 1,003.7 997.1 1,024.9 1,020.5 1,025.7 1,020.6 1,014.5 -6.1 Management of companies and enterprises................... 1,895.5 1,866.9 1,854.0 1,848.9 1,906.7 1,882.0 1,872.1 1,871.7 1,865.3 1,859.0 -6.3 Administrative and waste services...................... 7,955.2 7,222.4 7,089.8 7,078.3 8,228.2 7,778.3 7,686.3 7,567.5 7,432.9 7,337.3 -95.6 Administrative and support services(1).................. 7,603.6 6,863.0 6,735.5 6,724.3 7,870.7 7,414.2 7,324.4 7,203.1 7,070.9 6,976.6 -94.3 Employment services(1)....... 3,176.0 2,561.4 2,485.3 2,433.8 3,304.7 2,896.7 2,829.5 2,720.5 2,628.4 2,540.0 -88.4 Temporary help services..... 2,372.2 1,829.4 1,767.7 1,728.8 2,486.8 2,128.5 2,055.6 1,965.7 1,888.5 1,816.8 -71.7 Business support services.... 836.5 814.0 806.8 807.6 831.1 823.7 816.0 817.6 806.8 804.4 -2.4 Services to buildings and dwellings................... 1,721.0 1,652.2 1,628.9 1,657.6 1,853.7 1,829.4 1,818.1 1,812.5 1,798.7 1,791.1 -7.6 Waste management and remediation services......... 351.6 359.4 354.3 354.0 357.5 364.1 361.9 364.4 362.0 360.7 -1.3 Education and health services... 18,833 19,013 19,239 19,269 18,698 19,044 19,080 19,119 19,141 19,149 8 Educational services........... 3,153.1 3,017.5 3,221.5 3,219.9 3,006.5 3,066.0 3,063.1 3,088.4 3,087.1 3,080.3 -6.8 Health care and social assistance....................15,679.4 15,995.7 16,017.7 16,048.7 15,691.1 15,977.8 16,017.0 16,030.3 16,053.5 16,068.3 14.8 Health care(3)................13,168.7 13,455.3 13,471.0 13,492.4 13,199.7 13,442.4 13,475.9 13,490.2 13,512.9 13,526.4 13.5 Ambulatory health care services(1)................. 5,587.5 5,734.3 5,749.3 5,761.5 5,599.3 5,727.7 5,742.6 5,753.3 5,768.2 5,775.9 7.7 Offices of physicians....... 2,238.0 2,295.7 2,298.0 2,301.5 2,243.7 2,289.8 2,294.5 2,300.4 2,304.9 2,308.1 3.2 Outpatient care centers..... 527.6 536.7 537.5 538.6 527.5 536.9 536.7 538.0 538.5 539.2 .7 Home health care services... 941.7 976.3 985.2 990.9 943.3 975.6 980.7 981.4 989.5 992.2 2.7 Hospitals.................... 4,587.5 4,699.5 4,699.5 4,697.5 4,599.1 4,692.4 4,703.7 4,707.5 4,710.6 4,709.9 -.7 Nursing and residential care facilities(1)............... 2,993.7 3,021.5 3,022.2 3,033.4 3,001.3 3,022.3 3,029.6 3,029.4 3,034.1 3,040.6 6.5 Nursing care facilities..... 1,610.7 1,612.9 1,611.6 1,617.3 1,614.7 1,614.5 1,617.3 1,616.6 1,617.7 1,620.7 3.0 Social assistance(1).......... 2,510.7 2,540.4 2,546.7 2,556.3 2,491.4 2,535.4 2,541.1 2,540.1 2,540.6 2,541.9 1.3 Child day care services...... 879.0 869.5 872.8 873.5 861.7 863.2 864.3 862.7 861.4 858.8 -2.6 Leisure and hospitality......... 13,156 12,667 12,678 12,813 13,528 13,344 13,304 13,268 13,240 13,200 -40 Arts, entertainment, and recreation.................... 1,837.2 1,732.9 1,747.3 1,776.1 1,996.1 1,944.0 1,947.1 1,943.8 1,943.7 1,935.1 -8.6 Performing arts and spectator sports....................... 385.0 366.8 373.5 379.4 409.3 398.8 401.4 405.7 403.7 403.1 -.6 Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks.............. 124.0 119.3 118.8 120.0 133.2 130.6 130.8 130.3 130.6 129.5 -1.1 Amusements, gambling, and recreation................... 1,328.2 1,246.8 1,255.0 1,276.7 1,453.6 1,414.6 1,414.9 1,407.8 1,409.4 1,402.5 -6.9 Accommodation and food services11,318.5 10,933.9 10,930.8 11,037.1 11,532.0 11,399.6 11,356.5 11,323.7 11,296.2 11,264.7 -31.5 Accommodation................. 1,825.0 1,685.5 1,677.1 1,668.0 1,883.9 1,812.1 1,794.3 1,768.4 1,750.9 1,728.3 -22.6 Food services and drinking places....................... 9,493.5 9,248.4 9,253.7 9,369.1 9,648.1 9,587.5 9,562.2 9,555.3 9,545.3 9,536.4 -8.9 Other services.................. 5,518 5,388 5,400 5,402 5,537 5,509 5,477 5,461 5,448 5,425 -23 Repair and maintenance........ 1,242.5 1,168.8 1,165.5 1,163.1 1,242.2 1,204.7 1,189.9 1,184.7 1,176.7 1,166.4 -10.3 Personal and laundry services. 1,317.1 1,292.9 1,296.0 1,295.6 1,324.2 1,323.2 1,320.9 1,313.6 1,313.3 1,304.7 -8.6 Membership associations and organizations................ 2,958.1 2,926.5 2,938.2 2,943.6 2,970.2 2,980.7 2,965.7 2,963.1 2,958.1 2,953.8 -4.3 Government...................... 22,840 22,447 22,844 22,925 22,441 22,543 22,532 22,540 22,543 22,538 -5 Federal........................ 2,732 2,779 2,780 2,784 2,751 2,783 2,778 2,793 2,795 2,802 7 Federal, except U.S. Postal Service...................... 1,976.7 2,042.0 2,057.8 2,066.5 1,989.6 2,052.4 2,057.3 2,065.8 2,070.7 2,079.1 8.4 U.S. Postal Service........... 755.6 736.5 722.0 717.7 761.5 730.1 720.9 726.9 724.0 722.8 -1.2 State government............... 5,293 5,119 5,302 5,320 5,152 5,197 5,196 5,192 5,187 5,184 -3 State government education.... 2,482.5 2,320.4 2,503.3 2,524.3 2,334.7 2,380.3 2,381.3 2,380.2 2,378.8 2,379.2 .4 State government, excluding education.................... 2,810.1 2,798.6 2,798.8 2,795.9 2,817.3 2,816.4 2,814.8 2,811.6 2,808.5 2,804.6 -3.9 Local government............... 14,815 14,549 14,762 14,821 14,538 14,563 14,558 14,555 14,561 14,552 -9 Local government education.... 8,440.8 8,173.3 8,392.1 8,445.4 8,076.4 8,067.6 8,060.5 8,070.7 8,081.1 8,080.3 -.8 Local government, excluding education.................... 6,373.9 6,375.2 6,370.3 6,375.5 6,461.5 6,495.6 6,497.7 6,484.7 6,479.5 6,471.8 -7.7 1 Includes other industries, not shown separately. 2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts. 3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities. p = preliminary.
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